I just wrote this on another thread:
Between 1976 and 1979 we were being led by viciously incompetent morons and we survived.
The difference is, today we are being led by viciously incompetent morons who are likely beholden by ideology, money, or blackmail to foreign enemies like Communist China, but who also wish fervently for the downfall of the United States as it has been seen since its founding, and wish for its recreation in a socialist, totalitarian vision that they on the Left approve of.